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Ulrike och kriget #2
Ulrike och freden
Kriget är slut och drömmen om ett Stor-Tyskland är grusad. Ulrike har förlorat allt, sina föräldrar, två bröder och sin tro på Gud. Ulrikes lön som städerska på Hauptbahnhof räcker inte och för att överleva börjar hon prostituera sig...
159 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1976
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February 6, 2022
This one I've read and re-read a bunch of times, even though it's been quite a while since the last time. I still remember most of it almost verbatim (enough to know that there's been some offensive words switched out between the original edition and the version I read this time).
I've alwasy been fascinated by the idea of what happens after - after the big battle, after the war is won. This is a very good exploration of that (even though I wonder, as I did with the first part, how well researched and how true to what went on in Germany it is). It does hit me emotionally a lot harder now than it did back when I was younger. And in fairness, the idea of coughing until you're too tired to cough and then slowly suffocating does carry a lot more horror for me now on a personal level, after my dad's death.
The ending is great. Understated, but it does tell you a lot - and confronts you with your own assumptions and thoughts.
I've alwasy been fascinated by the idea of what happens after - after the big battle, after the war is won. This is a very good exploration of that (even though I wonder, as I did with the first part, how well researched and how true to what went on in Germany it is). It does hit me emotionally a lot harder now than it did back when I was younger. And in fairness, the idea of coughing until you're too tired to cough and then slowly suffocating does carry a lot more horror for me now on a personal level, after my dad's death.
The ending is great. Understated, but it does tell you a lot - and confronts you with your own assumptions and thoughts.
October 4, 2021
Tästä tarvitsisimme suomennoksen.
December 26, 2024
Ganska intressant o typ bra i slutet
February 2, 2025
Jätteintressant bok med ett spännande perspektiv, läs Ulrike och Kriget först dock
August 12, 2016
Book 2 in the series about Ulrike, a girl who grew up in Nazi Germany and is a strong believer in National Socialism.
Plot: Following the end of the war, Ulrike's home town of Munich is under occupation by the Americans. The city is in ruins and people are starving. Ulrike is still in shock "How could the Führer let this happen? Why did he kill himself?" She despises the American occupiers but is aware they are the only ones who have food. Every day is a struggle to survive.
Ulrike's entire family apart from her younger brother is dead. She must now support herself and the brother. With no other options available, she turns to the oldest profession in the world and sells herself to the American soldiers. Without contraception it doesn't take long until disaster strikes.
I read this book multiple times as a child. The prostitution theme is really a bit heavy for a children's book - but on the positive side it shows war and occupation for exactly what it is. The point with the whole two-book series is not revealed until the last paragraph of this, the second book. The question posed is "How did people fall for Hitler's message?"
The conclusion is: Most people just believe in the mainstream narrative without challenging. Ulrike really believed she fought for what was good. It never occurred to her to question the narrative, and she didn't want to. Did that make her evil? What lies are we being told today and what injustices are carried out in the name of the buzz words of our time - freedom and democracy? Despite being a raving Nazi, Ulrike is actually a very sympathetic girl. I love that the book isn't preachy and lets the young reader do some thinking of their own.
Plot: Following the end of the war, Ulrike's home town of Munich is under occupation by the Americans. The city is in ruins and people are starving. Ulrike is still in shock "How could the Führer let this happen? Why did he kill himself?" She despises the American occupiers but is aware they are the only ones who have food. Every day is a struggle to survive.
Ulrike's entire family apart from her younger brother is dead. She must now support herself and the brother. With no other options available, she turns to the oldest profession in the world and sells herself to the American soldiers. Without contraception it doesn't take long until disaster strikes.
I read this book multiple times as a child. The prostitution theme is really a bit heavy for a children's book - but on the positive side it shows war and occupation for exactly what it is. The point with the whole two-book series is not revealed until the last paragraph of this, the second book. The question posed is "How did people fall for Hitler's message?"
The conclusion is: Most people just believe in the mainstream narrative without challenging. Ulrike really believed she fought for what was good. It never occurred to her to question the narrative, and she didn't want to. Did that make her evil? What lies are we being told today and what injustices are carried out in the name of the buzz words of our time - freedom and democracy? Despite being a raving Nazi, Ulrike is actually a very sympathetic girl. I love that the book isn't preachy and lets the young reader do some thinking of their own.
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